Telenovelas / edited by Ilan Stavans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stavans, Ilan.

Series:

Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization

The Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television soap operas--Latin America--History and criticism.

Television soap operas.

Television soap operas--Social aspects--Latin America.

Television soap operas--Social aspects.

Latin America.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2010]

Summary:

Drama! Excess! Men in bee suits! Though sometimes fantastical and dramatic, the telenovela differs greatly from U.S. soap operas and has regional and cultural distinctions throughout Latin America. In Telenovelas, Ilan Stavans has gathered over two dozen essays covering the telenovela for readers to better understand the phenomenon and its myriad layers. Branching off from radionovelas, the telenovela was exported from pre-Castro Cuba during the 1950s. The essays found in Telenovela cover a broad view of the genre, television's impact on Latino culture, as well as more in-depth discussions of specific telenovelas throughout the Spanish-speaking television audience in North America. Also explored is how telenovelas depict stereotypes, repsond to gender and class roles, and examine the differences in topic and thematic choices as well as production values unique to each country. -- from back cover.

Contents:

I. Panoramas. What is this thing called soap opera? / Laura Stempel Mumford

The international telenovela debate and the contra-flow argument : a reappraisal / Daniël Biltereyst and Philippe Meers

Telenovelas and soap operas : negotiating reality from the periphery / Christina Slade

Romancing the globe / Ibsen Martínez

Understanding telenovelas as a cultural front : a complex analysis of a complex reality / Jorge González

Opening America? The telenovela-ization of U.S. soap operas / Denise D. Bielby and C. Lee Harrington

Engaging the audience : the social imagery of the novela / Reginald Clifford

II. Case studies. Cultural identity : between reality and fiction : a transformation of genre and roles in Mexican telenovelas / María de la Luz Casas Pérez

Fact or fiction? Narrative and reality in the Mexican Telenovela / Rosalind C. Pearson

Whose life in the mirror? Examining three Mexican telenovelas as cultural and commercial products / Laura J. Beard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313364921

0313364923

9780313364938

0313364931

OCLC:

458890012